SBCC Theatre Group to stage ‘2 Guvnors’ comedy

The Theatre Group at Santa Barbara City College will continue its season with Richard Bean’s comedy “One Man, Two Guvnors,” on Oct. 13-28 in the Garvin Theatre on campus.

The local production is directed by Rick Mokler, with music by Grant Olding.

Michael Bernard, Tiffany Story and Dillon Yuhasz in The Theatre Group at SBCC’s production of ONE MAN, TWO GUNNERS. Photo by Ben Crop

From London to New York, critics and audiences have laughed and praised the play. It is based on “The Servant of Two Masters” by Carlo Goldoni and set in the swinging 1960s in Brighton, England.

Francis, a failed musician with an insatiable appetite, finds himself in the employ of both the murderous Stanley Stubbers and the mysterious Roscoe Crabbe. But Roscoe is really Rachel Crabbe, posing as her own dead brother, herself in love with Stanley, her brother’s killer.

Throw in an old man with an unpredictable pacemaker, an arrogant actor, a host of other loony characters and a live band, and you have an evening that will leave you laughing all the way home.